Boris plans 10 new housing zones

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has confirmed plans to draw up ten new housing zones in London, where housing delivery has a particularly high potential.

The mayor’s recently published housing strategy states that the GLA will work with London boroughs to define ten housing zones and three garden suburbs.

The strategy sets out a long-term ambition to increase supply to at least 42,000 new homes a year, around double what has been achieved over the last 20 years.

Of these, at least 17,000 should be affordable with 5,000 for purpose-built long-term market rent.

Other proposals in the document include protections for leaseholders to halt increasing service charges, new objectives for acquiring land to accelerate development, new standards to improve private rented sector, more accessible homes in town centres for older people.